Is Tehri Dam A Time Bomb...?

A 260 Meter (855 Feet) Dam completed in 2006 in Tehri Garhwal Himalaya region Uttrakhand, India.

Dam withholds a reservoir of 2.6 billion cubic meters for irrigation, municipal water supply and the generation of 1,000 MW of hydroelectricity along with an additional 1,000 MW of pumped storage hydroelectricity.

The past:- an investigation report for the dam was completed in 1961 and designed in 1972 for 600 MW capacity power plant based of the study. Construction began in 1978 after feasibility studies but was delayed because of financial, environmental and social impacts. In 1986, technical and financial assistance was provided by the USSR but this was interrupted years later with political instability. India was forced to take control of the project and at first it was placed under the direction of the Irrigation Department of Uttar Pradesh. However, in 1988, the Tehri Hydro Development Corporation was formed to manage the dam and 75% of the funding would be providing by the federal government, 25% by the state. Uttar Pradesh would finance the entire irrigation portion of the project. In 1990, the project was reconsidered and the design changed to its current multi-purpose, including a 2400 MW power production capacity. Construction on the Tehri Dam was complete in 2006 while the second part of the project, the Koteshwar Dam, remains ongoing.

The Tehri dam is located in the Central Himalayan Seismic Gap, a major geologic fault zone. This region was the site of a 6.8 magnitude earthquake in October 1991, with an epicenter 500 km from the location of the dam. The relocation of more than 100,000 people from the area has led to protracted legal battles over resettlement rights, and ultimately resulted in the project's delayed completion.

A study by Prof. T. Shivaji Rao who is Director, Centre for Environmental Studies, Gitam University, Visakhapatnam said that the Indian Government has been completed the project against the proper security majors, a large number of eminent seismologists and environmentalists from all over the world, can you believe on that the famous environmentalist is saying that as per laws under the environmental Protection Act, 1986 disaster management and risk management plan have not make by concern authority.

The Reason for TIME BOMB:-

1- Terrorist may attack to the Dam as per terrorist attack in last 5 years in India as well as world.

2- Earth-Quack can be demolish the Dam as the Himalayan area is very sensitive for earthquake and past can be consider for the same such as Uttarkashi on 20^th OCT 1991 and Chamoli earthquake on 29^th march 1999 etc.

3- Russian expert predicted that dame will collapse by several reasons.

4- Gaur Committee has also rejected Tehri dam for secure.

There are several reason for that and I think that can be true it is a TIME BOMB, if it is right as study says so why government has build up that project, why government given a BOMB to Uttrakhand Garhwal Himalaya, which place is known for there natural surrounding, there calm, there beauty.

Ref.- An environmental studies report from Prof. Shivaji Rao.

What the hell Swami Ramdev wants????

Swami Ramdev, who does not know about him in India, and many countries in the world, a Yog Guru, and now a becoming politician, who is claiming his party is coming in next government of India and he won’t be a prime minister. His “Bharat Swabhiman Andolan” is looking a vain now a days as he is behaving with public of Uttrakhand or all Indian common-man.

A news is being breaking now-a-days is that someone from government/minister/MLA asked him for 2 0 million INR as bribe before 2 years. Baba Ramdev is saying today about that in public. Questions are coming:-

• Why did not he open his mouth prior?
• Did not it hurt his self esteem? After all he is running a campaign for Bharat Swabhiman.
• Where his 100% nationalist thought was at the time while so called politician was asking him for bribe?

I am having many question for him but 3 foremost are as above mentioned, I think this public who always follow him should ask him for the same. As I am seeing and observing to Swami Ramdev since many years, he always uses to be on breaking news.

Uttrakhand CM Mr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has already asked/request him for disclosing the name so till now why he is shutting up his mouth, and some time saying he will disclose while time will come, that means now time came for only open like “Ek Mantri ne mujhse 2 saal pahle rishwat mangi thi” and after media will keep quiet for Swami Ramdev then again he will come with name of person and it might not be that shows he only want to come in breaking news frequently.

Please Note:- neither I belong to any political party nor I like politics, this is my open minded opinion, as I am thinking about Uttrakhand, as I think after this Baba Ramdev playing a game with Uttrakhand Janta.

What UKD wants….!

UKD (Uttrakhand Kranti Dal) central president is saying that they are not supporting to Uttrakhand government now, he also said that now the time has been come to say truth about BJP government. What kinds of politics they want to perform now nobody knows, there are a small number of question arising:-

• Why did not they tell any thing in front of Uttrakhand’s public if government was not doing in favor of layman?
• What they did in last 3.45 years if Government was not listening their views for development of the state.
• What Mr. Divakar Bhatt did in his ministry for public?
• Why a famous and young leader (MLA) Mr. Pushpesh Tripathi is sleeping for? As I heard from some one he was having lot of fire while he was studying.

The final thing is that, this is only politics nothing else apart from politics. UKD want fem time by time to exist otherwise they will be extinct from the public.